| Podoplea | |
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| Cyclops sp. (Cyclopoida) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Infraclass: | Neocopepoda |
| Superorder: | Podoplea Giesbrecht, 18821 |
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Podoplea is a superorder of copepods in the infraclass Neocopepoda that was named by Wilhelm Giesbrecht in 1882.1 It has a worldwide distribution, with documented appearances in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern oceans.12
Classification
Podoplea contains 8 orders.1 They are listed below.
- Order Cyclopoida Burmeister, 1834
- Order Gelyelloida Huys, 1988
- Order Harpacticoida G. O. Sars, 1903
- Order Misophrioida Gurney, 1933
- Order Monstrilloida Sars, 1901
- Order Mormonilloida Boxshall, 1979
- Order Polyarthra Lang, 1944 (=Canuelloida Khodami, Vaun MacArthur, Blanco-Bercial & Martinez Arbizu, 2017 )
- Order Siphonostomatoida Thorell, 1859
References
References
- Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Podoplea". World of Copepods Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- "Superorder Podoplea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 19 September 2025.